Monday, August 19, 2019

Introduction:

“The journey was brutal, the results were glorious.” ― Bruce Lengeman

The song being featured is titled “And The Healing Has Begun”(2), and it was written and sung by Van Morrison. It is also the 8th track on his albumn title "Into the Music" released in August 1979. His genre is Celtic, folk rock, soft rock. Van Morrison is a brilliant song writer and he is one of my musical favorites. Originally, he is from Northern Ireland and I would say he has got that "Blue-Eyed Soul". Check him out!Why did I pick this song? Read the words while listening to his rendition. What is he saying? What is in your heart? “Well, it’s all about healing, isn’t it? Art, literature… that goes way back. It comes back to this question: what’s your original face? Know what I mean? Who are you really? There’s so many different kinds of healing but, if you are in alignment with yourself, then that in itself is going to be healing. If you’re trying to be something other, like something superficial, trying to be someone you’re not, then that would take you away from your true centre. Really, if you’re asking about those songs and those albums, then it’s about getting back to the true centre within yourself. That healing thing. It was nothing new. Music has always been about healing, hasn’t it? I was just doing my own thing on that.”Van Morrison (719)The video was published on YouTube Jun 14, 2011vanthemanxx. I have listed the lyrics below for your reading pleasure."And The Healing Has Begun"(3)And we'll walk down the avenue againAnd we'll sing all the songs from way back whenAnd we'll walk down the avenue again and the healing has begunAnd we'll walk down the avenue in styleAnd we'll walk down the avenue and we'll smileAnd we'll say baby ain't it all worthwhile when the healing has begunI want you to put on your pretty summer dressYou can wear your Easter bonnet and all the restAnd I wanna make love to you yes, yes, yes when the healing has begunWhen you hear the music ringin' in your soulAnd you feel it in your heart and it grows and growsAnd it comes from the backstreet rock & roll and the healing has begunI want you to put on your pretty summer dressYou can wear your Easter bonnet and all the restAnd I wanna make love to you yes, yes, yes and the healing has begunWe're gonna make music underneath the starsWe're gonna play to the violin and the two guitarsWe're gonna sit there and play for hours and hours when the healing has begun[Spoken:] Wait a minute, listen, listen,I didn't know you stayed up so late.I just got home from a gig and I sawyou standing on the street.Just let me move on up to this window-sill a lot yeah, I got some sherry.You want a drop of port.Let's move behind this door here.Let's move on up behind this letter-box behind this door.Let's go in your front room,let's play this Muddy Waters record you got there,if you just open up a little bitand let me ease on in this backstreet jellyroll....We're gonna stay out all night longAnd then we're gonna go out and roam across the fieldBaby you know how I feel when the healing has begunWhen the healing, when the healingWe're gonna stay out all night longWe're gonna dance to the rock & rollWhen the healing when the healing has begunBaby just let me ease on a little bit, dig this backstreet jellyroll

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